After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......
India does not want fenced habitats for cheetahs like the ones in South Africa and Namibia as it is against the basic tenets of wildlife conservation, the head of the Centre's high-level committee......
'Khalistanis can be divided into three categories: Firstly, hardcore ideological people. They are microscopic, not even 1%.''Secondly, those who consider Khalistan a business.''The third category......
The tiger population has gone up in the Shivalik Hills-Gangetic Plains landscape, central India and the Sundarbans but their numbers have dwindled in the Western Ghats and the Northeast-Brahmaputra......
'After he had exposed the Narcotics Bureau's wrongdoings, he threatened to expose the Enforcement Directorate as well.''So they are trying to rake up an old legal deal, distorting information and......
Hong Kong has regained its spot as the world’s fourth-largest market following a broad market rout in Indian equities. Photograph: Lam Yik/Reuters Currently, the Chinese territory’s......
The state with the most people has displaced the state with the largest economy in terms of investor additions. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Uttar Pradesh (UP) added 126,000 new investors......
The currency market won't care for our moans, groans, cries and sighs.The rupee will find its own level, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com This is an......
The rot is is not limited to Chitra Ramkrishna and the yogi, observed Debashis Basu. IMAGE: Chitra Ramkrishna, the National Stock Exchange's former managing director, who was arrested on Monday,......
'Long-term investors should not worry about these sharp dips and jumps if they have chosen their stocks wisely.''Short-term volatility is a given and a rise and fall of two-three per cent should......
Raja Sen feels The Lunchbox is this generation's Masoom.One of my favourite parts in The Lunchbox is when a character buys himself a painting. No, sorry, scratch that; it is when a character......
'Today we went to the moon and came back to earth! I am at a loss for words for all the support I have received from all over the world' IMAGE: Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge, the marathon world record......
'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......
Belgium make Wales wait after Hazard’s strike, while Czechs beat Latvia to qualify IMAGE: Italy's Daniele De Rossi (centre) celebrates after scoring against Bulgaria during their Euro 2016......
Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha. Photograph: PTI Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years for betting activities of their key officials,......
‘Afghanistan's cricket board does not support cricket for women, even though I have 3,700 girl cricketers’ Many Afghan cricketers learn the game as a refugee in Pakistan ‘(The......